A photo of a book cover with the title "THE EMERALD HANDBOOK OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IN ASIAN SOCIETIES: GENERATIONS BETWEEN LOCAL AND GLOBAL DYNAMICS," the text "EDITED BY DORIS BÜHLER-NIEDERBERGER, XIAORONG GU, JESSICA SCHWITTEK, ELENA KIM" and an abstract painting as the cover illustration.

15.11.2023New publication: "The Emerald Handbook of Childhood and Youth in Asian Societies," co-edited by Jessica Schwittek

"The Emerald Handbook of Childhood and Youth in Asian Societies: Generations Between Local and
Global Dynamics“ is dedicated to the empirical analysis and established theorization of childhood and youth in the context of the social, cultural, and economic realities in Asian societies. The handbook not only describes the diversity of growing up on a continent where the majority of the world's young people live, but also questions and expands on established concepts and analytical frameworks in existing childhood and youth research, most of which have been formulated by northern institutions.

The handbook is edited by a team of researchers from Asia and Europe, including Jessica Schwittek from the Work Group Socialization Research / IfE. Schwittek also contributes an article on the growing up of Vietnamese Germans.

A book launch with further editors and authors of the handbook is planned at the UDE in January with support from the IZfB. Further information will be announced soon!

The handbook is available for download at the following link:
https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781803822839

The open access publication was co-financed by the University Library of Duisburg-Essen
co-financed.

09.11.2023Girls and Horses - a study from Alexandra König and Annette Schnabel

Alexandra König and Annette Schnabel (University of Düsseldorf) have a new article on the topic of animals and gender:

Schnabel, A./Konig, A. (2023): Von Mädchen und Pferden. Die Zeitschrift Wendy als Imaginatorium für ein besonderes, vergeschlechtlichtes Tier-Mensch-Verhältnis, in: Ullrich, J./Roscher, M. (Hrsg.): Tierstudien 24. Tiere und Geschlecht. Berlin: Neofelis Verlag GmbH: 71-82.

09.11.2023International Conference: "Stay-Behind Children of Eastern Europe: Challenges and Solutions"

Katarzyna Jendrzey will present again at the end of the month, this time on the topic "Who or what is left behind? Children's interpretations of parents' temporary migrations".

November 28-29, 2023 - Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania

30.08.2023DFG Project on the topic "Good Parents" approved!

The "creation of good parenting" will be researched by Alexandra König in cooperation with Dr. Arne Niederbacher (TU Dortmund) - from the perspective of adoption agents and applicants. More coming soon...

10.08.2023Opening Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Joint Central Adoption Office Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse

In Mainz on September 5, 2023, Alexandra König will present the opening lecture with the topic "The Search for the Best Parents" at the annual conference of the Joint Central Adoption Agency Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse (Gemeinsame Zentralle Adoptionsstelle) for professionals of public and independent adoption agencies from Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and Saarland.

14.06.2023Children and Youth Perspectives Conference 2023: Theory, Research and Practice in European context

Katarzyna Jendrzey will present on the topic "The Child as an Agent in Transnational Families - Methodological and Theoretical Considerations Using the Example of a Polish-German Research Project".

September 14-15, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic

Link to conference

14.06.2023Keynotes - International Conference

The keynote presentations from our international conference in April have been uploaded to the DoDzi Project website. 

Prof. Dr. Doris Bühler-Niederberger – University of Wuppertal
“Good Childhood - (rigid) normative pattern at the face of multiple problem constellations”

Prof. Dr. Magdalena Rembowska-Płuciennik – The Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
“Living in the shadow of the absent. Narrative representations of non-residential parents in contemporary Polish fiction for young readers.”

14.06.2023Critical Times: Conference of the Austrian Society of Sociology

Alexandra König will be represented twice at the upcoming conference in Vienna.

First she will present the topic "Temporäre Arbeitsmigration als Herausforderung generationaler Arrangements" (Temporary work migration as a challenge for generational arrangements). 

Her second presentation will be on the topic "Elternschaft qua Vermittlung – Adoptionsfamilien als alternative Form der Familiengründung" (Parenthood as agents - Adoptive families as an alternative form of family formations).

03.05.2023International Conference

After months of preparation, our international conference took place from April 27-29. Along with our German and Polish DoDzi teams, we welcomed 21 scholars from various countries and institutions around the world.

The participants shared a wide range of insights into transnational family research. In addition to two keynote presentations, shorter presentations of the participants’ research projects, and brief glimpses into our own DoDzi project, we also had lots of time to discuss and offer new ideas on the presented research, consider methodical challenges of qualitative research, and network within the field. We also had some time for socializing, including a group trip to UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein. Our vibrant discussions continued during our guided tour of the site, as well as during meals and breaks. It’s safe to say the workshop was a resounding success, and we’re grateful for all of the presenters and other participants who joined us.

23.03.202320th IMISCOE Annual Conference: "MIGRATION AND INEQUALITIES. In search of answers and solutions" – July 3-6, 2023

The work group will have double representation at the IMISCOE conference. 

Katarzyna Jendrzey will present the topic "Children's perspectives on migration: Growing up in transnational families" in Warsaw, Poland.

Jessica Schwittek, together with Kamila Labuda from the DeZim Institute in Berlin, will give two presentations: 
"Perspectives of Young Viet-Germans on Growing Up in Germany in the Post-Reunification Years" in the Standing Committee Migrant Transnationalism and 
"Reflexive Considerations as Knowledge Producers in Migration (Society) Research".

23.03.2023Welcome back!

The University of Duisburg-Essen was the victim of a cyberattack in November, forcing everyone offline, but the Work Group Socialisation Research  didn't let this setback slow us down.

For our bi-national research project on children in transnational families, we are interpreting group discussions, the last of the children's books have been translated from Polish to English, and the final preparations for the international conference are underway. 

The international workshop "Living apart together: Growing up in transnational families" will take place from April 27-29 and bring together researchers from all around the world. Our goal is to to present and discuss different perspectives on transnational families. We can't wait!